Belgium: our 'arms are open' to French tax exiles

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, 18/12/12: Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France focuses on how struggling households are coping this winter. No less than 600,000 families who are having difficulty paying their bills face gas and electricity cuts. Meanwhile, in Le Figaro, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders says Belgium's arms are open to tax exiles. And Christian paper La Croix explores the burning topic of euthanasia.

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